{"id":345235,"date":"2026-06-22T03:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/345235\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T03:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:04:12","slug":"mayor-calls-for-cancellation-of-kanyes-july-4th-concert-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/345235\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Calls For Cancellation Of Kanye\u2019s July 4th Concert In San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kanye West (AKA Ye) pulled off a series of big L.A. concerts<\/a> in April, but may not have the same luck in Texas.<\/p>\n

One day after tickets went on sale for the controversial hip-hop superstar\u2019s July 4 performance in San Antonio, that city\u2019s mayor said she supports \u201ccanceling the @kanyewest concert.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones continued, \u201cMilitary City USA should not host someone with a record of hate speech and antisemitic comments in a city-funded facility like our Alamodome\u2014not ever, and certainly not on July 4th, our Nation\u2019s 250th birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the mayor\u2019s call, tickets are still available for the show on Ticketmaster and on West\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Jones is not alone in her opposition.<\/p>\n

An upcoming show in Prague fell apart earlier this month when the venue pulled out.<\/p>\n

An June performance in Poland was canceled last month due to \u201cformal and legal reasons,\u201d but the nation\u2019s Culture minister wrote of the decision, \u201cIn a country scarred by the history of the Holocaust, we cannot pretend that this is just entertainment. Artistic freedom does not mean giving a free pass to everything. Culture cannot be a space for those who exploit it to spread hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n

A French festival was forced to postpone after local officials vowed to block the Grammy winner from performing. AFP said it had been told by sources close to the country\u2019s interior minister that he was looking at \u201call possibilities<\/a>\u201d to stop the concert.<\/p>\n

The mayor of Marseille, Beno\u00eet Payan, had already declared his opposition to West\u2019s performance on social media in late March. \u201cI refuse to let Marseille be a showcase for those who promote hatred and unashamed Nazism,\u201d he said in part.<\/p>\n

In April, the UK\u2019s home office banned the rapper from entering the country. As a result, the Wireless Festival there was canceled<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last year, he was denied a visa to enter Australia.<\/p>\n

In January, Ye took out an ad in\u00a0the\u00a0Wall Street Journal\u00a0to plead for forgiveness after his antisemitic rampage in 2025. Ye\u00a0said he suffered<\/a>\u00a0a \u201cfour-month-long manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life.\u201d During that period, Ye sold $20 shirts with swastikas and made numerous antisemitic posts including declaring himself to be a Nazi.<\/p>\n

Two concerts he has scheduled later this month in Tampa have also elicited calls for cancellation.<\/p>\n

Florida Senator Rick Scott, noting that the arena West is set to play is owned by the public, wrote in a letter to the Tampa Sports Authority Board of Directors that \u201cKanye West\u2019s consistent antisemitic attacks are an affront to the values of the people of the Hillsborough Community.\u201d (The City of Tampa Bay lies in Hillsborough County.)<\/p>\n

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